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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. i"-"
OL. 45. NO. 8028
CHARLOTTE N, C., FhlDAY tVENING, SEPTEMBER * 191 I
PP Tr^T? i In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Daily—5 Cents Sunday.
* Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and feunday.
omey Smith Makes
Able Plea For
Beattie’s Acquittal
boys
o’clock.
“I congratulate and thank you,” he
Paid, addressing the jury, “for the
very manifest patience -with which
you have conducted yourselves dur
ing this trial and the attention you
evidence. I am sure
iiTi ^pCcCfl iTl UzJCTlSC OJ that whatever the verdict may be,
it will be a conscientious one.
“The masterful argument of Mr.
Carter has made it unnecessary for
me to detain you with a protracted
argument. Of this argument I am
sure there found a lodgment in your
heart that he was endeavoring to
throw light on this case, that he
Judgts Instructions ,‘o Vou; ?n“
and conscience. We feel that this is
a case filled with a great deal of
food for reflection. We know full
well that upright. Intelligent men
may well differ as to certain features
of the evidence. We do not anticipate
and do not fear at your hands a con-
ttack on PaulBtattie
? Yesterday by Eili
Made forceful and
: Client
: Inconsistencies oj 2 he
cution's Claims—Re-
Eemy Beattie Mam-
Anxious,
not Henry Beattie’s which the
say.”
Characterizing Paul Beattie as a
“moral wreck,” the lawyer held up
the testimony of the cousin as infauenc-
ed by stronger minded detectives.
“We do not believe that Paul Beat
tie was guilty of this crime. The ques
tion has probably occurred to you as
to what our theory Is. But the instruc
tions distinctly point out that it is not
necessary for us to locate the criminal
agent. It isn’t our duty to do it. Sup
pose Paul Beattie did buy that gun to
use on Mayo’s bridge. Suppose Xeblitt
is telling the truth and Paul Beattie
did have a gun in the cemenc house
on Sunday morning. Suppose that gun
was stolen by some tramp and the
tramp killed Mrs. Beattie and suppose
that Paul Beattie was afraid to tell the
story for fear that the crime would
be fastened on him—i ask you does
that not seem a good reason for the
shifting of the burden by this weak
ling. Paul Beattie?”
(Continued on Page Nine.)
’ Press.
C. H . Va., Sept. 8.—
Ptntrie. Jr., on trial forlvirtion.
ais wife today searched j What we are troubled about is those
" Eii'o for hours the ex-'®^ you who are satisfied that jou can*
N
fscts of the 12 country
i fate for some mani-
■N. over remote, of yielding
■ need appeal of his at-
•■! Jr.
- ^re of u.anifest anxiety.
-5 fiA’d t^heir secret. Some
not bring in a verdict of guilty and
yet cannot a&sent to a verdict of not
guilty. Yet we will endeavor to show
.'ou that if that is your frame of mind
we are entitled to an acquittal. That
proposition is made plain to you by the
instructions.”
He cited the Kesttleberg incident
las an instance of the danger of cir-
'hp i-u” box , cu’.nstantial evidence.
i^eafured speech of -You heard the boys testify,’’ he
• rho nar, earnestlv he-^ continued, “of their trip from Bon
»ti\ to ronalder the psst | Air. how they saw a man in front of
■rr of f.:e accused and ’hei^" automobile and a woman on the
r inning board. How must >ou have
; Cl rhe murder beine i
nv a r.’.an of Beattie’? ^ forward and thrust aside all suspicion
a; 1 intel’trcnce.” 0*^hersjThat Henry Beattie or his wife were
looked distantly through Mn that machine. This, gentlemen, il-
ftr'lustrates the danger of making up your
. no. ..e iier... eari^jd oC j ^ closed, a pit into
./> O'of a ear>ine ciowd ,many jurymen and even Judges
1 for*". had concentra-!often have fallen.
: ,'n Them. j “With all due respect to the g;entle-
■ ed 'he eviui'uce in: man who opened the case for the com-
sussio III e
By Associated Press.
Hankow, China, Sept. 8.—The floods
resulting from the Tang Tse river ov
erflowinc its banks, which transform
ed hundreds of miles cf the Yang Tse
valley into an enormous lake and caus
ed a great los« of life, gradually are
subsiding.
In addition to the heavy death list
many thousands of the natives have
been made homeless and destitute.
The rice crop in the provinces of
Hupeh and Hunan probably will be an
average one, but other cereals have
suffered heavily.
The rice crop in Xgan-Hawei, anoth
er province watered by the Yang Tse
river, is of exceptionally poor quality.
4k ^ ^ rS'*
Senatoi:> Martin and
Swanson Win A
Sweeping Victory
ing today told the general committee-! '
men of the negotiations with Krutt- j TJic **Organization*^ IS Juoilant
schnitt and explained all the details j _ , tr
of the present situation. i lOOay Ovcr RCSUltS Of YCS-
tnday*s Primary— Majority
OJ Near 30,000—Not Chan--
ged by Latest Returns,
Brother of Ihomas Nelson
Page Lost Out — Prosecutor
Wendenburg Won Out De-
spite Inability to Enter Ac
tive Campaign.
By Associated Press.
Richmond; Va., Sept. 8.—Further re
turns received this morning from yes-
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 8.—The Septem
ber crop report of the United States
department of agriculture crop re
porting board, issued at 2:15 p. m., | ^ei.daj'’s democratic primary (equiva-
today, shows the condition on Sep- iq ^n election) indicate that la&t
tember i and the yield per acre, as j night’s estimated majority of 30,000
indicated by the condition on that | S®nators Martin and Swanson over
.-pjed ?he 'mpeachm.''nt;
s •^^.-Mmonv t^o kev-
^ monweahh we do not know' the theory
of the prosecution. He who closes for
the commonwealth, therefore, has a dis-
. '.''r* He g[ '^'-ke ur advantage in weaving together
' - -Iffv ■ t-' th :! :l.-x:ries from facts we have not known.
What can have been the purpose of
. are of -.he nrrge 'i- Mr, Sydnor’s testimony that he saw
i’ >FT.2 -perch in 'heja yoking man alone on the Midlothian
, ,OK. I turnpike early on the evening of the
, r rh.i'mht," F.-i'd M’' j tragedy? 'It must be that they think
= thsT a verdict of jthe accused went to the stump they
.-he of *h“ 'Jth-; were talking about and placed the
li-iof the little sisT-'!’. I gun there a few hours before the
^ .n-re there is a litt le j crime. But here is a man of intelli-
. r-'f c rn lisp its prayers.! gence, who, on the witness stand,
- •■;e un^ now you are! must have impressed you, man of kind
d ? ie fa'hev ae the cold-. fiipposition and yet they want you to
• S'-?. r>f The 2''th; believe that he prepared in this blun-
-;od give you wi?r|"m i Bering fashion for the crime, the more
' . '|l-elliwh and brutish has seldom been
-'f -he arrrun’.^ri for Vfard of.’
•‘r'fesi h'>ur indi'T'ireil i dwelt at length on the
oiiestion of reasonable doubt re-reading
c . “r urg said at noonM^^ instructions to the jury on this
■ . ■ the rest of th'>
w • .!- =..^ech. i inconceivable,” he added,
{‘ that this young man could for three
■ in iinuse, '’-’a.. Sept.'dnvs live in the same house with his
; _ t .1! il't Henr'-fdear father and loving family, cpuld
1- rd •'e^l the, kiss them each night with this terri-
‘ probaMy wiil.'ble crime on his mind. Its incon-
. .-nrV sunset Harr'-1 ceivable gentlemen.”
n .el for the de-1 “in taking away a human life, you
; nburg. pro-'»p- are face to face with God Almighty
i' -r the common-jand unless you are convinced to a
: . ; > : have conclud-.,no:al coitainty that thi^ young man
■ \* ords and the e'i-; committeed this dartardiy crime you
t;.. hands of tliei^mgj of necessity bring in a verdict
V ho, ir is expected,!of not guilty.
■ • ♦ ^n'ght. The final | “You have been shown the dangers
■ - n earlier than usual circumstantial evidence but I will
- t v.-erg expected to ^ g^ow you that the accused must have
- -:^ r; ';.is was by no means ; ^een only a blundering idiot to have
. d go TO
^!.■.^rht.
-he jlM
Refined Sugar
SiiU Soanng
New York, Sept. 8.—The price of
refined sugar ^’as marked up an
other 10 points today t, ith granulated
quoted at cenrs per pound ow
ing to the continued and sensational
strength of the raw sugar situation,
higher foreign maikets and reitei’a-
tions of unfavorable crop reports.
The local market for raw^ sugar
was nominally unchanged this morn
ing but it was said in tlie street that
no sugar was offered at yesterday s
high records, and that the indica
tions were for still higher prices
unless there was some change in the
situation abroad.
SCENES AT ENGLISH STRIKE
The great English railroad strike. Banners in the London streets where
the strikers live. *
ME milEB
mi'SED
Bv Associated Press.
Nice, France, Sept. 8.—The theatre
Eldorado collapsed here this morning.
Forty-four workmen engaged in mak
ing repairs to the building were buried
in the ruins. Rescue work is proceed
ing
Ginning Report Shows
771,415 Bales Gin
ned To Sept. 1st.
.^ssoci3.^6(l press*
Washington, Sept. 8.—The ginning of cotton of the growth cf 1911 was
carried on more actively throughout the cotton beit to Sept. i this y©ar
than in any similar period in the history of the industry, at least as far
as accurate ginnings records have been kept. This la shown by the grst
first gining report of the season, compiled by the census bureau trom
reports of its correspondents in the cotton-growing states. A total of t i i,-
415 bales had been ginned up to a week ago. This is greater by almost
three hundred thousand bales than the previous record naade in 1^”®-
The continued hot and dry weather in a greater portion the belt, es
pecially in Texas, was chiefly responsible for the increase. These condi
tions meant the early maturing of the greater ginning. Farmers have
been more active in getting their crop to the ginneries and, it is sam,
in some counties of Texas, where the bulk of the increased ginning was
reported, the entire crop practically already has been ginned.
Little relation appears to exist, according to census bureau experts, be
tween the size of the crop and the quantity of cotton ginned during any
period of the season. This is shown in the big pop years of 1^04, 190b
and 1908, each of which produced more than thirteen million bales,
these years the percentage of the total crop ginned f
3 1 and 3.1 per cent respectively, while the crop was 10,800,00, 4.5 per cent
of it was ginned by Sept. 1st. Last year 3.1 per cent of the total crop was
ginned to Sept. 1st.
The entire roof of the auditorium
fell with a great crash.
The bodies of 16 dead workmen had
date, of the principal farm crops of
the country, and the preliminary es
timate of the total yield of hay, as
follows;
Corn—Condition 70.3 per cent of a
normal, compared with 69.6 per cent
on August 1, 78.2 per cent on Sep
tember 1, 1910, and 79.3 per cent, the
ten-year September average. Indicated
yield per acre, 23.6 bushels, compar
ed with 27.4 bushels, the 1910 final
yield, and 27.1 bushels, the average
for thep ast five years.
Spring Wheat—Condition, 56.7 per
cent of a normal at time of harvest,
compared with 59.8 per cent on Au
gust 1, 63.1 per cent at time of har
vest last year and 78.7 per cent at
time of harvest for the past ten
years. Indicated yield per acre 9.8
bushels, compared w'ith 11.7 bushels,
the 1910 final yield, and 13.5 bushels,
the average for the past five years.
Fall Wheat—Indicated yield per
acre, 12.6 bushels, compared with
14.1 bushels, the 1910 final yield, and
14.7 the average yield for the past
five years.
Oats—Condition 6.45 per cent of a
normal at time of harvest, compared
with 65.7 per cent on August 1, 83.3
per cent, at time of harvest in 1910,
and 79.5 per cent, the ten year aver
age. Indicated yield per acre, 23.9
bushels, compared with 31.5 bushels,
in 1910, and 28.4 bushels, the average
yield for the past five years.
Barley—Condition 65.5 per cent, of
a normal at time of harvest, compar
ed with 66.2 per cent, on August 1,
69.8 per cent, at time of harvest in
1910, and 83.0 per cent, the ten-year
average. Indicated yield per acre, 20.3
bushels, compared with 22.4 bushels,
the 1910 final yield, and 24.8 bushels,
the average yield for the past five
years. .
Buckwheat—Condition 83.8 per cent
of a normal, compared with 82.9 per
cent on August 1, 82.3 per cent, in
-910, and 87.1 per cent, the ten-year
average. Indicated yield per acre 19.6
bushels compared with 20.9 bushels,
the 1910 final yield, and 16.6 bushels,
the average yield for the past five
years. _ ,
Potatoes—Condition 59.8 per cent.
their opponents. Congressmen Jones
and Glass, will not be reduced more
than -1.000 by complete returns.
The so-cailed "organizatiou” is re
joicing today in the victory of its lea4!
ers and is busy analyzing the legisla
tive results.
A surprise feature of the returns is
the defeat of Rosewell Page, of Han
over, brother of Thomas Nelson Page, '
by W. B. Walton, for the house of dele
gates, by 100 majoi'ity.
An incident remarked upon is the
election to the state senate of Louis
O. Wendenburg, associate prosecuting
attorney in the Beattie case, to the
state senate in spite of his inability
to make a campaign because of the
trial. Judge J. M. Gregory, prosecut
ing the Beattie case, was defeated lor
the oflace of commonwealth’s attorney.
Shot Pike's Peak
On loboggari
By Associated Press.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 8.—
R. O. Green, of New York, and M. H.
Hayden, of Detroit, yesterday shot
“Pike’s Peak” on a railroad toboggan—
a greased board with cleats that fit
over the cog rail of the Mountain rail
road. Starting from a point above th©
Half-Way House, they reached Mani-
tou, at the base of the peak, a distance
of about five miles In five minutes and
thirty-seven seconds.
“Shooting the Peak” was more or
less common sport some years ago,
but was stopped by the ofl!icials of the
cog road because, as the management
put it, “the fool^iller was on the job
too often.”
Washington, D. C., Sept. 8.-The first cotton ginning report of the sea
son. issued today by Director E. Danna Durand, of th_e Bureau of Jbe Cen-
|
■'■^r.not hp foretold &s
.f hns not been limited as
'Pfl Mr. ('ar’er, for
* to fu-'V fiU nfternoon
•:> case to go to the 1 out a much ^traveled road
d T';.i:;e Watson! everybod.v could see him. In
■urt convenr-d rhls morn- he hides a gun. I may as
well say that if he thought out or
planned this crime v;hy, can you tell
me shoulfi he have used a shotgun
when a pistol, easily procured and
: ;r ;,f. d’; -o and it ’s concealed without taking any-
’f Ml*, cniith uses ’^be i j^jfo his confidence could have
Mr. Wenden-j ben used.”
ng remarks may have! ‘Gentlemen there is more than one
' ur ';l tu.i.orrow. I know j jjfg at stake—not only the
■;re nn\ious to get pf young man but that gray
and if we ran possii-ly L father, the future of the brotn-
, tnnight I shall urge the; ujg good name of a sister.
f * (i--;^vor to do so.” i They all appeak to you,, clarion- ____
A Bitter Fight. . Itongued. to gi^’e them the benefit of p^ess.
the doubt. I want to say here what 1 ^y c_
iTnmra
r?f>r fight envplopinc .
of criminal law glad to say of an old friend that
the hiftorir courthouse . ^iQuld be glad to rest this case on
. on  I . r\Tirr>n UUCle , - j ... 5,,+
the. fair-1 hour this morning and at the point
►hey fought today man I ever saw on
Laurel, Md., Sept. 8.—A masked
man entered the Citizens National
o fin''* . nwpn"“’uncl*e ' Bank here shortly after the opening
on Attorne>s Smith testimony of Tom I i^our this morning and at the point
(lose friends and stud-.^j woman, ^^eJs i of a pistol demanded that the receiv
.'HI th. a tall man of fifty,
;r.Hd Southern dialect, be-
. :St pl«=*a for the prisoner,
t s meagre crowd in the court
tne line of attack be-
- '^olieague, Hill Carter, ves-
• ,t the veracity of Paul
I ri of the arused, who
sensational testimony
”>!,rv Beattie, Mr. Smith
V at the story of the
^ the gun, the alleged con-
'>n'1 the chain of circum-
d« nee forced bv the prose-
r. i^nhiirg. 'state’s attorney,
■ . Tiiijn oi florid face, sat
■ ’:;e bar. Carefully taking
■;raton' to his reply which
tne CtiSe and leave it with
^enry Aids Attorney.
B«tt*tie, in a light suit and
cravat, sat close to Mr.
he spoke and assisted
-antly in finding pages in the
powritten records of the testi-
He followed the argument
and with Interest.
Mr. Snnith Begins.
Smith began apeakins at 9:30
the of young Beat-: . _^ -pow Owen was the first person
' - to whom this boy opened his lip
when he brought in hiS dead wite.
Gentlemen if there were any dis
crepancies in his story t
have appeared before and ^
rest your judgment with that tes
timony alone.”
“Our mail has been flooded, said Mr.
Smith, “with newspaper clippings and
letters of people from all over the
nlted States telliiig of t’ne dangers of
circumstantial evidence.
“I don’t think you should have men
tioned that,” interjected Mr. Wenden-
'^^“Well, If it was wrong, I hope his
honor will rule it out for I ^^nt to
secure a verdict only by fair and right
ful means.”
Mr. Smith argument was a close re
view of the evidence with particular
stress on the reluctantly given testi
mony of Kestleborg as a spectre of
circumstantial evidence,
“I don’t ask you,’ ’said Mr. Bmltn, lO
believe all the testimony of Kestloberg.
1 don’t ask you to believe that he
didn’t know the woman he was out
with that night. He said that to save
trouble in two homes but what you
must believe is that it wa» hi* car and
ing teller hand over all the money
lying on the desk beside him. The
would-be robber was forced to flight
before he could secure the money
by Cashier Waters, who fired two
shots at the fieeing man.
A posse is in pursuit.
Posse in Search.
So far as known the cashier’s shots
did not take effect.
When the stranger appeared in the
bank only the receiving teller, A. R.
Devans and a customer, were in the
outer office. Presenting his pistol he
commanded both to throw up their
hands following with a demand to
the teller that he put the money on
the desk into a small sack which the
hold-up thrust through the window.
At this po-int Cashier Waters, whose
attention had been attracted by the
sound of loud voices appeared in the
doorway of his oflSce, revolver in
hand. He, too, was ordered to throw
up his hands and his response was a
couple quickly fired shots. The mau-
rauder did not reply in kind but
dashed out into the street, dropping
his mask and cap as. he ran. He was
chased through the streets but out
distanced his pursuers and gained the
shelter of the woods. A posse is
searching for him.
11,587 for 1909, and 20,8.42 for 1908. _
The number of sea island bales included is oc9 for 1911, 218 for lyiu,
1,236 for 1909, and 1,221 for 1908. ^ crinn-
Comparisons of the number of bales, counting round as half bales, gmn
ed to September 1st for the past four years.
States: 19H-
Alabama 40,500
Arkansas
Florida 3,764
Georgia
Louisiana 7,bio
Mississippi 1-^49
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina • • • 18,90d
Tennessee .. .. ®
Texas 5o9,114
All other states '1
Shop Craft Union is Busy
Deciding Action to Take
Against Hairiman Lines
1910.
1909.
1908.
4,156
13.535
26,298
28
449
323
608
3,542
2,524
20,491
106,301
64,693
1,101
3,450
4,618
538
1,670
4,330
4
1,070
101
398
1,370
8
208
18,949
9,399
-
4
6
325,435
237,901
289,928
4
1
1
ASTOR’S WEDDING . ,
not TO BE DELAYED.
By Apsociated Press. ! here today to begin the task of determ-
. San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 8.—Mem-j ing what action shall be taken by the
bers of the general committee of the | Federation of Shopmen in the face of
shop craft unions of the Harriman | refusal by officials of the H^
X -..1- , -4. , 1 lines to recognize the federation. The
lines togetner with four Internationa li^js to ^sent repre-
presidents ot labor organizations, met^^^^y chop of the Har-
^^ A system west of the Mississippi
accredited with
full authority to act lor the 25,000 Har
riman line employes.
James W. Kline, international presi
dent of the blacksmiths union, said
the four international presidents who
came here and unsuccessfully urged
Vice-President Julius Kruttschmitt, of
the Harriman line?., to recognize the
Federation, would use every effort to
avert an open break between the com
pany and the men. but that they ^-'Jaliz-
of a normal. .
Hav—Preliminary returns
a tot'al- hay yield of about 46,969,000
tons, as compared with 60,978,000
tons finally estimated last year,
and 63,507,000 tons, the av
erage annual production m the
compared with 62.3 per cent on Aug. 1,
70 5 per cent in 1910, and 78.9 per
cent, the ten-year average. Indicated
yield per acre 74.2 bushels, compared
with 94.4 bushels, the 1910 final
and 96.9 bushels, the average yield f.;r
the past five years.
Tobacco—Condition, 71.1 per
of a normal, compared with 68.0 per
cent, on Aug. 1. 77.7 per cent, m 1910
and 82.3 per cent, the ten-year ayei-
age. Indicated yield
pounds, compared with 797.8 pounds
the 1910 final yield, and S26.0 pounds,
the average yield for the past
^ Flax—Condition. 68.4 per cent, of a
normal, compared with 71.0 Per
on Aug. 1, 48.3 per cent, in 1910, and
81.8 per cent, the eight-year average.
Indicated yield per acre 7.7 bushels
compared x^nth 4.8 bushels, the .
final vield, and 9.9 bushels, the aver
age yield for the past four years.
R^ice—Condition, 87.2 per cent of a
normal, compared with 88.3
on Aug. 1, 88.8 per cent in 1910, and
88 3 per cent, the ten-year average.
Indicated yield per a^re^f.l bushels
comnared with 33.9 bushels, the 1910
finaf vield, and 32.4 bushels, the aver
age yield fo rthe past five years.
The preliminary estimated yield per
acre is about 1.09 tons, compared with
1.33 tons, the 1910 final yield, and 1.41
tons, the average yield for the pas.
five years. The quality is 90.3 per
cent, compared with 92.5 per cent,
year and a ten-year average of 91.1
per cent. * «
Apples—Condition ob.2 per cent, I
a normal, compared with 53.9 pel cen^
on Aug. 1, 46.8 per cent in i»10, and
52.6 per cent, the ten-year average.
Total Produnction.
The total production of the principal
h
*.
ji
f-h
I'i
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 8.—Fj^iends of Col.
John Jacob Astor were* quoted today
as authority for the »j^ateiaent that
his marriage to Miss Iiadeline Force
will not be delayed more than a few
days longer. The Astor yacht Noma
was hurriedly coaled and provisioned
yesterday as they arrived at the Fore#
home during the late afternoon with
sundry big boxes containing various
articles of the trousseau and purchas-
es made by Miss Force during the
°^It is reported that a clergyman
been found willing to perform the cere
mony, and that it will probably taka
place’in Connecticut, but no record*
01 a license has been traced in ^at
stste.
NOTED CRIMINAL
TURNS FARMER.
THE WEATHER.
^ By Associated Press.
♦
^ Washington, Sept. 8.—Fore-
♦ cast:
^ North Carolina—Probably
fair tonight and Saturday, mod-
^ erate northeast and east v/inds.
♦
!>
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 8. Old Bill
Minor, alias George Anderson, known
to the police from Maine to Califor
nia as convicted train robber, high
wayman and jail breaker, is to turn
farmer—of necessity.' Recently
victed of a train robbery in this
state and sentenced to a convict
camp he began to fail iii health and
the state prison commission has just
ordered his transfer to the state
farm. He is 69 years of age, with
a twenty year sentence ahead of
him. He escaped from the prison at
New Westminister, British Colum
bia, a few months before he was
convicted in this state.
Sugar Soaring.
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 8.—The price of
sugar continues to advance owing to
the reports of a serious shortage in
the new' crop and the market yester«
day reached the highest level since
July 1899—5 3-4 cents a pound. This
advance was accompanied by the an
nouncement of another 10 points raise
in refined sugar, with standard granu
lated quoted at 6 1-2 cents.
The advances have been chiefly due
to the sensational strength of the Eu
ropean markets and ’ unfavorable re*
crops this year, as
indicated by their 1 ports from the European beet crop, al*
condition on Sept Is, with comparison
of the final yield of 1910, follows:
1911 1910
Corn bus 2,736,160,400 3,12o,713,000
Spr ’wheat, 203,418,600 231,399,000
656.762.400 695.433,000
842,475,000 1,126,765,000
142.871.400 162,227,000
15,699,600
259,329:000
638 280,720
23,200,100
All wheat..
Oats, bus .
Barley, bus
Buckwheat,
l'oi:atoes bus
Tobacco, lbs
Flax, bus..
17.239.000
338.811.000
984.349.000
14.116.000
24.510.000
h there was little chance to prevent Rice, bus.. 22 652,9 ^ ,4 oiu.uuu 1 xs .
-a strike. The presidents at the meet- 'Hay, tons... 46,888,o30 60,98,000 000.
though Cuban crop prospects are also
said to be under the average.
Horse Brings $50,000.
Bv Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 8.—It was an
nounced in racing circles here today
that Jam.es R. Keene’s Ballot, a sc.\
of Voiters, and one of the leading
horses in training here two and
three years ago, has been sold to
the German imperial stud. The pric»
is said to be something over $50,-